Prostitution Speech

Prostitution has been a part of our world's culture since the beginning of time, and is the world's oldest profession. Ever since the beginning of time man has felt the need to pay for services of a sexual nature, whether are legal or not. In our culture; however, prostitution has become a topic of debate concerning the merits of this profession's legality. In viewing the legalization of prostitution one must take into account all the pros and cons of the situation, but more importantly what is currently being done to rid society of the problem of prostitution as well as the lack of effect of these so call solutions. One must ask one's self if outlawing prostitution, as a profession is the most effective or worthwhile way to deal with the situation? The exploitation of prostitution is considered to be one of a serious global issue in most of the countries around the world. it remains difficult to view prostitution in an objective light as various cultures have alternately tried to ban it on religious or moralistic grounds, or stigmatize it under a “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” sort of veneer which was a barely-tolerated but necessary evil of society. It is interesting to note that despite an increasingly secularized attitude towards sexual relationships, as seen in society’s increasing tolerance of homosexuality or pre-marital sex, prostitution retains much of its social stigma. Also, the number of prostitution is increasing tremendously each year and seems to be more serious than the past centuries. However, yet very few to none of the countries have completely solved this problem. Saudi Arabia and Netherlands are two examples of the countries that prostitution is still considered to be a problem that the government of both countries cannot ignore. There are different solutions that Saudi Arabia and Netherlands have come up with to solve the problem. The first and the most obvious difference between Saudi Arabia and Netherlands is the law for prostitution. In Saudi...

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...JOHN MWAURA -BACP/4231/13
ST. PAULS UNIVERSITY.
ACADEMIC WRITING ASSIGNMENT-OUTLINE
Topic: PROSTITUTION
Definition: This can be defined as the practice of engaging in sexual activity, usually with individuals who are not spouses or friends, in exchange for immediate payment in money or other valuables. They can be of either sex and may engage in heterosexual or homosexual activity.
Types of prostitution
1. Street prostitution – where clients are solicited from the streets, parks or other public places
2. Brothels – from premises dedicated solely for providing sex for payment
3. Escort – where clients contact sex workers by phone or hotel staff
4. Private – where client contacts sex worker by phone but meet at sex worker’s premises, eg in Britain
5. Window or Doorway – Brothels with sex workers on display or show, eg in Amsterdam and Hamburg
6. Clubs or drinking joints - where clients and sex workers meet in discos or bars
7. Sauna/Massage Places
8. Door knock or hotel knock – where unaccompanied males have their doors knocked by sex workers
9. Transport – trucks, ships, trains
10. Femme libre – which involves widows, singles or divorcees
11. Individual arrangements – e.g. Single mother engaging in sex with landlord so as not to pay rent
12. Child prostitution
Causes of prostitution:
1.Poverty
2. Moral decadence
3. Peer pressure – common in universities, for...

...Prostitution
I. Introduction
II. Content
A. About prostitutionProstitution is
a) Sexual harassment
b) rape
c) battering
d) verbal abuse
e) domestic violence
f) a racist practice
g) a violation of human rights
h) childhood sexual abuse
i) a consequence of male domination of women
j) a means of maintaining male domination of women
Prostitution is the granting of sexual access on a relatively indiscriminate basis for payment either in money or in goods, depending on the complexity of the local economic system. Payment is acknowledged to be for a specific sexual performance. Prostitution is a service that may be performed by either males or females and for either males or females, although in practice in nearly all societies acts of prostitution are commonly performed by females for males or by males for males.
B. Information About Prostitution
The commercial sex industry includes street prostitution, massage brothels, escort services, outcall services, strip clubs, lapdancing, phone sex, adult and child pornography, video and internet pornography, and prostitution tourism. Most women who are in prostitution for longer than a few months drift among these various permutations of the commercial sex industry.
C. Kinds of Prostitution
Direct Forms of Prostitution
Number Type of...

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General Reference (not clearly pro or con)
Hilary L. Surratt, PhD, Associate Scientist for the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware, et. al., in the July 2005 Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality study titled "The Connections of Mental Health Problems, Violent Life Experiences, and the Social Milieu of the 'Stroll' with the HIV Risk Behaviors of Female Street Sex Workers," wrote:
"...[I]n contrast to popular thinking, female sex workers are an extremely heterogeneous population. They are situated in a myriad of social and environmental contexts...
Past and current studies suggest that there are many different types of female sex workers, including 'call girls' and escorts working in the upper echelons of the sex industry, 'in-house' sex workers working in parlors or brothels, 'street-walkers' who sell sex for money through sidewalk solicitations, part-timers who supplement their incomes with sex-for-pay, and drug-involved street-based sex workers, the majority of whom shift between sex-for-money and sex-for-drug exchanges as circumstances require."
July 2005 - Hilary L. Surratt, PhD
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Christine Harcourt, PhD, Research Fellow for the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research at the University of New South Wales, and Basil Donovan, MD, Professor of Sexual Health at National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical...

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150 Filipinas were sold into prostitution to night club operators in African countries, particularly Nigeria. The women were bought for $5,000 each by international syndicates. Four Filipinas were rescued by the Philippine Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria after they sought help from officials. (Bureau of Immigration, Lira S. Dalagin, “150 Pinays sold as sex slaves in Africa,” Manila Chronicle, 31 May 1995)
In 1991, Filipinas were being sold in Japan, often to the Yakuza, at $2,400 to $18,000 each. (CATW – Asia Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific)
In 1996, 492 of 3,776 reported cases of child abuse involved pornography, prostitution, paedophilia and trafficking. There were 8,335 cases of child abuse from 1991-1996, 96% of the victims were females. (Department of Social Welfare and Development, “375,000 Filipino Women & Kids Are Into Prostitution,” PhilippineDaily Inquirer, 26 July 1997)
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